The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today and during today’s meeting several agency reports were presented. The reports reflect both an increase in the total number of petitions filed, a decrease in the number of people required to register and other information. Below is a chart listing those and other statistics presented during today’s meeting.
The next CASOMB meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2025, in Monterey. Additional information regarding that meeting, including its location, is available at www.casomb.org.
|
Category |
Former |
Current |
Change |
|
Total number of registrants |
104,571 |
104,459 |
-112 |
|
Registrants in violation |
19,543 |
19,605 |
+62 |
|
Transient registrants |
6,322 |
6,243 |
-79 |
|
Petitions filed |
9,590 |
10,316 |
+726 |
|
Petitions granted |
7,565 |
8,221 |
+656 |
|
Petitions denied |
131 |
131 | 0 |
|
Petitions dismissed |
592 |
668 |
+76 |
|
Petitions pending |
1,302 |
1,296 | -6 |
|
Registrants on parole |
6,897 | 7,111 | +214 |
|
High risk registrants on parole |
3,553 | 3,597 | +44 |
|
Registrants in prison |
20,343 | 20,338 | -5 |
So what this chart shows me is that everyone should be off the registry except the high risk who are on parole, but for these people, make it a private registry only available to LE. Then my state of Texas can be proud of having the most registered people – tough on crime vs smart on crime. As an ex-wife’s northern grandmother once told me, the sun fries all your brains in Texas.
Great News for so many!
But What about Tiered registry Changes for example 288 (c) from Tier 3 to Tier 2 was this not discussed?
Where do we go from here is CASOMB still in support of these changes?
What about the lobbyist efforts going to make changes to the current Tiered system does CASOMB support these efforts?
And what about those whose crime was considered so minimal that they were not publicly listed under the old law but now are put in Tier 3 with full address disclosure? The Static 99R should have no bearing as it was the same score under the old law. Still, there was no public listing, despite the same score of 6+ (which never changes….it is static as the name indicates). I addition, the offenses were expunged via 1203.4, AND we could have filed for a COR under the old law after 7years (not 10 years as again, the offense was considered minor). How is that for added punishment that makes absolutely no sense as neither the offense type nor the Static 99R score changed. Why is a person now considered high risk when for decades, the same person was considered the least risk. Going from the lowest to the highest Tier (as far as dangerousness) is so absurd, and I can’t understand nobody is arguing this.
This is ridiculous. Only 100 people fewer than last time? What a joke.
Now, (in the State of California . . .) after we have successfully been granted approval for DISMISSAL of any and all sex offenses AND have been approved, by a Judge of course, to be removed from S.O. registration, It would be great if, someday, we could successfully petition and be granted court approval to have the sex offense SEALED and eventually destroyed . Currently, the California Law states, “. . . unless you have EVER been convicted of a sex offense . . . ” – we are not eligible to have our records SEALED.
INFO: “California’s Clean Slate Act (SB 731) automatically expunges certain arrests and convictions. This law went into effect in 2023 and is designed to help people find employment, housing, and educational opportunities. This law does not apply to serious or violent felonies, or (ANY) convictions for registered sex offenses”
And, before someone here says that expungement and sealed records are the same, Sorry No, they are not in California. “Expungement and sealed records are not the same thing in California. They are separate legal remedies with different procedures and eligibility requirements.”